Directory of Scholars

Jasmine Perkins 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree: Jasmine Perkins is the recipient of the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship which is awarded to students interested in clinical nursing education. Miss. Perkins currently attends Texas Woman’s University and is pursuing a double masters in Nursing Edu... read more.

Sunoz Soroosh 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree: Sunoz "Sunny" Soroosh, RN, MPH is the recipient of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship. She is a MSN/Nurse-Midwifery student at Frontier Nursing University. She re... read more.

Emily Trester 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree: Emily Trester, RN-BC, CCLS is the recipient of the Laura D. Smith NSNA Scholarship. Emily will complete her MSN Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care degree from Duke University in December 2019 and plans to continue with the program to complete... read more.

Alisha Bhimani 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Alisha Bhimani is the current 2020 recipient of the Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship. She holds a BSN from Emory University and is currently obtaining a Population Health Doctorate in Nursing Practice with a focus in Family and Emergency Medicine at... read more.

Jade Chatman 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Jade Montanez Chatman is the proud recipient of the Laura D. Smith National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) Scholarship. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Louisville School of Nursing (ULSON). Her dissertation is focused on add... read more.

Melissa Condren 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Melissa M. Condren, MSN, RN, CPNP is the recipient of the 2020 M. Louise Fitzpatrick Nursing Scholarship Award. Melissa earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Allied Health Sciences with a minor in Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 2... read more.

Andrew Corley 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Andrew Corley is the recipient of the Henry B. Spencer Scholarship. Andrew received a Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business at Texas Tech University. Soon after graduation Mr. Corley served for two years as a Peace Corps volun... read more.

Jessica Dillard-Wright 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Jessica Dillard-Wright is the recipient of the 2020 Margaret Gould Tyson and Judith G. Whitaker memorial awards. She is a 4th year PhD candidate at Augusta University College of Nursing where she serves as director for the College of Nursing Office f... read more.

Ashley Gresh 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Ashley Gresh is the recipient of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship awarded to the doctoral student with the highest evaluation score. Ashley is currently a second-year doctoral student and Global Women’s Health Fellow at Johns Hopkins School of Nur... read more.

Carrie Henry 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Carrie Henry, MSN, CNM, is the recipient of the 2020-2021 Miriam M. Powell Scholarship. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2001 from the Capstone College of Nursing at The University of Alabama, and her MSN in Nurse-Midwifery in 2005 fr... read more.

Joanne Hill 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Joanne Hill, APRN, MSN, CRNA, is the recipient of the Philip D. Raso Scholarship. Joanne worked as an Associate Degree Registered Nurse in a long-term care Alzheimer's and Huntington Chorea Unit before transferring to a Level 1 Academic Trauma Center... read more.

Rebecca Hill 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Rebecca Russo Hill, PhD(c), DNP, FNP-C is the recipient of the 2020 Margaret L. McClure Scholarship Award. Rebecca earned her BSN from the University of Rhode Island in 2006, her MSN and post-master’s certificate in nursing education from Duke Univer... read more.

Sylvanus Mensa 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Sylvanus Brenya Mensah, BSN, RN is the recipient of the Mathy Mezey Scholarship. Sylvanus graduated from the University of Virginia, with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree in 2015. After obtaining his degree, he worked as a Medical-Surgical-tel... read more.

Wayne Quashie 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Wayne Quashie is the recipient of the M. Elizabeth Carnegie Scholarship Click here to read his most recent bio. read more.

Sydney Rachel Kennedy 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: S. Rachel Kennedy, MSN/MPH, RN is the recipient of the Madeleine A. Naegle Scholarship. She is currently a third year PhD Candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD. Rachel received her Bachelors of Science in Nursin... read more.

Brooke Rakes 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Brooke Rakes is the recipient of the 2020-2021 combined NEF Barbara L. Tate and Evelyn J. Barclay Scholarships. She completed her BSN from Point Loma Nazarene University in 2013 and is a doctoral student at the University of San Diego (USD) Hahn Scho... read more.

Kodiak Soled 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Kodiak Soled, MPhil, MSN, RN, is the proud recipient of the Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship. She is currently a third-year Ph.D. candidate at the Columbia Universi... read more.

Nathan Stefanovsky 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Nathan Stefanovsky is the proud recipient of the Jane Eleanor Knox Scholarship. He holds a BSN from Michigan State University and is currently working towards a DNP-FNP at the University of Michigan. In addition to his doctoral studies, he is working... read more.

Jessica Zemlak 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Jessica Zemlak RN, MSN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC is the recipient of the 2020 Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship. She is currently a second year PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Jessica graduated summa cum laude with her Bachelor of... read more.

Jennifer DalMonte 2020-2021 Winner | Master’s Degree: Jennifer (Jenny) DalMonte is the honored recipient of the 2020-2021 Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Journal of Nursing/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. Jenny received her undergraduate BSN degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. This fal... read more.

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